IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ahmeek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN1372563
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN1372563
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2563
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82864
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.8948097
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3388596
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 1350 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 93A—Superior and Rainy Stony and Rocky Till Plains and Moraines
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DUL—Duluth, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN137—St. Louis County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46092-H3—Twig, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Kroenke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: U of MN lab data only
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ahmeek
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    45

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    O—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. 3 inch duff layer
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); silt loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # MN256304
    E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); fragments.
    Bw1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter. Lab sample # MN256305
    Bw2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MN256306
    Bw3—48 to 51 centimeters (18.9 to 20.1 inches); fragments.
    2Bw4—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # MN256307
    2BC—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); gravelly loam; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter. Lab sample # MN256308
    2Cd1—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter. Lab sample # MN256309
    2Cd2—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); loamy sand; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MN256310